De-Smet Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

De-Smet Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Smet.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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De-Smet Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France121:5,535,227269,324
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

De-Smet Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name De-Smet Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name De-Smet occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name De-Smet? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,427,875th most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of De-Smet are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

De-Smet is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 5,535,227. In France it is most common in: Île-de-France, where 50 percent live, Grand Est, where 17 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 17 percent live. Aside from France De-Smet exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 20 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
De-Smedt937/
de Smet8619,970/
De-Smit862/
de Smedt808,987/
de Smeth80233/
De-Smith807/
de Smets804/
de Smeyt803/
De-Smidt802/
de Smecht7556/
de Smeets751/
de Smedts751/
de Smmedt751/
de Smette751/
de Smit712,076/
de Smed715/
De-Smid712/
de Smidt671,097/
de Smith6782/
de Smitt6713/
des Smith631/
de Smi621/
de Schmidt5915/
de Schmitt592/
de Smid5719/
der Schmitt561/
di Smith535/
da Smith534/
de Schmid507/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to De-Smet
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